Hassock construction



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HASSOCK CONSTRUCTION Harry Simon, Providence, R. 1.

Application April 14, 1949, Serial No. 87,397

8 Claims.

The present invention relates to the manufacture of furniture, and has particular reference to a novel construction for a hassock.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a comfortable balanced hassock oi very light weight. 7

q A further object of the invention is to provide a light weight hassock of great strength, which will hold its shape during long usage.

. Another object of the invention is to provide a simple assembly for a hassock which looks the parts together against accidental or inadvertent separation despite rough handling.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention consists of a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. and more specifically defined in the claims appended thereto.

, In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a completed hassock constructed in accordance with the invention;

' Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1, the top being removed;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3- 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section through the hassock frame;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View of Fig. l; i

Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective detail showing the locking of the spring member to the base member;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional detail or the preferred staple engagement;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 4; and

Fig.9 is an exploded view showing the center supports of Fig. 8 in position for assembly.

It has been found desirable to provide a light weight hassock of great strength and durability, which will not be subject to distortion and which will not change in shape despite continuous use. To this end, I have made a hassock base of elements of extremely light Weight, so joined and locked together that the base assembly is extremely strong; and I have mounted a spring member on the base and securely locked it to the base parts, the base and the sprin member then being covered with flexible padding and encased in an ornamental cover.

Referring to the drawings, the hassock It! is illustrated as of hexagonal shape, but the shape may obviously be round, square, or of other taching a bottom 13 having an upturned rim,

flange M which is secured to the lower edge of the wall element, as by stapling, positioning a plurality of vertical panels l5, l6, and ll, of less height than the wall element l2 so as to interlock and to contact the wall element I2, and mounting a top [8 on the panels, the top being locked in; place by a strip is which seats on the top edge and is stapled to the upper edge of the wall element.

The panels l5, l6, and I1, see Flgs.-8 and 9, are of rectangular form, panels l5 and I? having elongated vertical central slots 20 and 2| and panel 56 having spaced upper and lower central vertical slots 22, 23, whereby the panels interlock to form diametrical reinforcements for the base member II.

A spring member 24 is provided, having a number of angularly disposed wire rods 25 which have central humps or loops 2G to rest together at their centers, and end humps or loops 2'! adapted to receive a lock wire 28; a plurality of vertical springs 29 are mounted in spaced relation, as shown in Fig. l, by interlocking the lower spring turns 3t with the lock wire 28 and the end loops 2?. The upper turns oi the springs are secured to a top wire 3| by means of metal clamps 32. see Fig. 2, the shape and size of the top wire corresponding to the shape and size of the upper edges of the annular wall element I2 and the strip it. Small coil springs 33 are utilized to connect adjacent springs 29 together.

The wire rods 25 are preferably positioned to seat over the panels l5, l6 and I! and are locked to the base member II by staples 34, see Fig. 7, which pass through the top is and over the sides of the panels. It is preferred to first interlock the panels, then place the top thereover, and then look the spring member to the top and the panels; it is then feasible to pinch or distort the staple ends by a suitabletool to make a strong lock, the assembly then being seated within the wall element I2 and on the previously stapled bottom [3, whereby stapling the strip i9 to the upper edge of the wall element in place looks the parts together.

The material used for the base member may be thin plywood, but preferably is cardboard, as it has been found that the construction imparts great strength to corrugated cardboard and thelige. Tocomplete the hassock,. theassembled;

base member and spring member are covered with a layer of resilient material such as hair or excelsior which is preferably encased in a protecting envolcpe of textile or paper, and with an outer layer 36 of a soft yielding material such as cotton wadding; an ornamental cover 31 of any suitable material, such as leather substitute, or textile material, is then drawn over the parts and looked inzplace by cementing the lower edges 38' to the bottom of the base'member and cementing a protective sheet 39 of suitable material over the lower edges 38 and the remaining portion of the base member bottom.

It is thus clear that the improved hassock includes a spring member and a base member to which the spring member is locked, 'the base member being essentially a shelllwith interlocked reinforcing panels, whereby a honeycomb construction of very light weight results, the parts being extremely strong.

"Although'l have described a specific constructio'nalembodiment of myinvention, it is-clear that changes in the size, shape, and materials ofthe' parts, and in their looking'relation, may be made to suit therequirementsfor different hassockd'esigns, andthatthe invention may be applied to other articles-of furniture, without departing from the spirit and-thescope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I- claim:

1. Inan article of the type described, a weight base including an outer wall, a bottom, vertical supporting panels positioned in said base and ISEZLCEGOH the bottom, a top seated on the supporting panels, a sprin' assembly mounted on said base having" spaced support rods, and lock elements 'securingthe support rods to the top and the panels.

'2. Ina n'article of'thetype described, a light weight base inoludingan outer'wall, a bottom, vertical supporting panelspositioned in-said base and seated on the bottom, a top seated on the supporting panels, said "panels being angularly spaced and interlocked, a spring assembly mounted on said base having spaced support rods, and'lockelements securing the support rods to-thetop and'thepanels. V I

"3. In an article of thetype described, a light weight base includingan outerwall, a bottom having an upright rim flange locked to the lower edge ofthe outer wall, vertical supporting panels positioned'mthe' base and seated on the bottom, said'panels'bein'g interlocked, a top seated on the "supporting panels, 1 said top being positioned belowth'e upper edge of the cuter'wall, a spring assembly mounted on said base'having spaced support rods,;and'lock elements securing the-support "rods to the'top and the panels.

l. Inan article of the type described, a light weight base including an outerwalL-a bottom, vertical" supporting panels positioned in said base and seatedonthe bottom, atop seated on'the supporting panels, a' spring assembly mountedon saidi-base, said spring assembly including a pluralit'yof spacedverticalspring elements having their lower endssecured to alowe'r lock ring and their upper ends secured "toanup'per lock ring, and radial supportrods-"engaging the spring elements *and the lower lock ring, "and lock elements securing the radial supportirods to the top 'and the p anels.

5. "in an article of the type described, a light weight -ba'se including an outer wall, -a bottom, vertical-supporting panels positioned" inisai'd base andaseateu on tneibottomse top-seated -'0n the supporting panels, said panels being angularly spaced and interlocked, a spring assembly mounted on said base, said spring assembly including a plurality of spaced vertical spring elements having their lower ends secured to a lower lock ring and their upper ends secured to an upper lock ring, and radial support rods engaging the spring elements and the lower loci: ring, and lock elements securing the .radialsupport rods to'the top and the panels.

6. In an article of the type described, a light weight base including an outer wall, a bottom having an upright rim flange locked to the lower edge'of the outer wall, vertical supporting panels positioned in the base and seated on the bottom, said panels being interlocked, a top seated on thesupportingrpanels, said top being positioned below the upper edge of the outer wall, a spring assembly mounted on said base, said spring assembly including a plurality of spaced vertical spring elements having their 1 lower ends secured to a lower lock ring andtheir upper ends secured to anupperlock ring, and radial support rods engaging the spring elements and the lower lock ring, and lock elements seouringthe radial sup port rods to the top and the panels.

'2. In an article of the typedes'cribe'd, =a 1ight weight base including an outer wall, a bottom, vertical supporting panels positioned in said base and seated onthe bottom, said panlsbeingdnterlooked, a top-seatedon the supportingzpanels, said top being positioned below the upper edge of the outer wall, a spring 'assembly mounted on saidbase havingspacedsupport rods,lock elements securing the support rod-s 'to the-top and the panels, padding in the sides of said base and said spring assemblyyan'd an ornamental :cover over the padding.

8. In an'article' of thetype described, a'light weight base including an outer walL- 'a bottom having an upright rim flange locked to the-lower edge ef the outer wall, vertical supporting panels positioned in the baseand'seated on the supporting panels, said top being positioned below -the upperedge of the outer wall, a spring assembly mounted on said base, said spring'assembly including a plurality" of spaced vertical spring elements having their lower ends secured to a lower lock ring and-their'upper endssecured to-an=upper lock ring, and radial support'rods-eng-aging the spring elements and the lower lock ring, loci: "elements securing "the radial "support rods to the top and the panelspadding inthe sides of said base .and said spring assembly, "and "an ornamental" cover overtthe' padding.

'l-IARR'Y SIMON.

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